Queer Lib Caucus Presents: WTF Happened to Philly Pride?! Part Three!
Following the fallout of PPP, a community-centered initiative focusing on black and brown queer people called the PHL Pride Collective came to life. Abdul-Aliy Muhammad, a trans writer,organizer, and cofounder of BBWC: Black and Brown Workers Collective, assembled a group of queer leaders and everyday queer Philadelphians on social media. Muhammad has long called out racism in the gayborhood and and queer institutions. They also played a large role in exposing that the bodies of children killed in the MOVE bombings were being used by UPenn without consent from the families.
The PHL Pride Collective, while not planning any events for this year, is off to an amazing start. Its first meeting was held in June and had over fifty attendees. They published a “Points of Unity” document that details the collective values and goals for a new vision for Philadelphia Pride. They are hosting biweekly meetings to determine the collective’s structure, and GALAEI, a nonprofit serving the queer latinx community in Philly, will be their temporary fiscal sponsor. You may remember GALAEI worked with QLC for the Stonewall was a Riot event we held in June. You can stay up-to-date with the collective on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PHLPrideCollective
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phlpridecollective
We all know that Philadelphia deserves an annual celebration of Pride and our LBGTQ+ community, and QLC is excited to see how PHL Pride Collective grows into an organization that centers progressive values, the needs of marginalized communities, and is rooted in the radical origins of Stonewall. We look forward to supporting their work in ways that uplift us all.